Bharata was a such a sincere devotee of his brother Rama that he made Rama’s paduka as king. Lord Rama’s paduka is honored by all the worlds and is a repository of all auspicious things. Bharata worshiped it ever slowly and swiftly, waving broad with the best chaamara or fans.

The specialty of this sloka lies in the fact that the meter of this verse – PanchaChamara is indicated with its definition in the last quarter of the verse. It has sixteen syllables of alternating लघु and गुरु. In meter vowels are counted as syllables. Short vowel is लघु. Long vowel and short vowel followed by combined consonant is गुरु.

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Sanskrit Quiz - Entertaining interactive puzzles, crosswords in or related to samskritamमञ्जुरामायणम् - Random slokas from the text Manjuramayana, an abridged version of Valmiki Ramayana written by Srinidhi SwamiPoets- Writeup on popular and lesser known poets, including their life history, style specialities and works. This is not exhaustive and encyclopedic in nature.Saastram speaks - Random selection of verses and ideas culled out from various sources, that are didactic in nature.वैराग्यशतकम् - Set of 100 slokas written by Bhartrhari delineating the path to mukti.श्लोकोऽयं मह्यं रोचते - Slokas are added on a regular basis, presently alphabetically along with meanings and explanations in English.

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प्रेमस्वरूपः - A set of 8 slokas on Krishna describing the premabhava or love shown towards him and his reciprocation.मातृपञ्चकम्- Set of five slokas written by Adi Sankara dedicated to his mother.वैराग्यपञ्चकम्- A set of 5 slokas written by Sri Vedanta Desika

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Pronunciation- A guide to pronouncing the vowels and consonants of samskrit language by Shri Dhananjay Vaidya